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bernanke wÑiith his loose money policy. one question i like to ask, does the fed realize çóthe terribly destructive impact that you had on -- on savers and frugal people in this coaintry by reducing theirÑi interest incom to below, really, real negative interest rates while the crank ud sters that created the problem are being rewarded? >> and i understand the from us -- your from ustation and i do think that -- onsj of the issu that i have dÑiealt with is howe bring interest rates back to -- to a more long-term sustainable %uá)qr)Ñi extreme lilo, obv]iously, unsu)wtÑtainable le a.m. -- aÑind there are some disagreements, that's one thing about a commit phi liket( the on market committee where you can have differing views and do i share a different view. i think we should be -- going back to a more normal level sooner rare than later and as i said in my public speeches and i think i'máqsóot, my concern is that -- in terms of, the last time i voted iÑi dissçóented on usage of the word extended period. in a posi
bernanke wÑiith his loose money policy. one question i like to ask, does the fed realize çóthe terribly destructive impact that you had on -- on savers and frugal people in this coaintry by reducing theirÑi interest incom to below, really, real negative interest rates while the crank ud sters that created the problem are being rewarded? >> and i understand the from us -- your from ustation and i do think that -- onsj of the issu that i have dÑiealt with is howe bring interest rates...
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copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up on c-span, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies on capitol hill. president obama discusses his economic policies at a meeting with the u.s. business roundtable. and toyota executives testify at a hearing about their company's recalls. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will preview health care summit with members of congress, including michael burgess of texas, diana degette, james clyburn, and bill cassidy. james clyburn -- julie rovner as well. >> live on thursday, day-long coverage of the health care summit. live from blair house, it will also include your reactions on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he told congress that the federal reserve will maintain low interest rates to help preserve the economy. this is about an hour. >> chairman frank, ranking member baucus, and other members of the committee, i am pleased to present the federal reserve's semiannual monetary policy report to the congress. i will begin with outlook -- comments on the outlook of the economy and for
copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up on c-span, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies on capitol hill. president obama discusses his economic policies at a meeting with the u.s. business roundtable. and toyota executives testify at a hearing about their company's recalls. on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will preview health care summit with members of congress, including michael burgess of texas, diana degette, james clyburn, and bill...
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bernanke. -- thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] ♪ >> we have quite a lineup on this isle. only a couple on the other. we need a few more folks down here. we've already had to pull some day -- a fulsome day. let's proceed to our question and answer session. we have three other excellent speakers, so a lot to look forward to. i want the banking for coming and your excellent attention. this is our fifth symposium and they seem to get better every year, if that is indeed possible. thank you all for making this such a productive in event. all right, we will begin with our question and answer is, and because there are more of you then of view, we're going to start on this side. >> this is a question for mr. kantor. and cultural prophets redeem themselves with accurate insights? >> i am not sure that i understand the question. >> you are talking about cultural prophesied and you believe that they cannot predict accurately. bu
bernanke. -- thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] ♪ >> we have quite a lineup on this isle. only a couple on the other. we need a few more folks down here. we've already had to pull some day -- a fulsome day. let's proceed to our question and answer session. we have three other excellent speakers, so a lot to look forward to. i want the banking for coming and your excellent attention. this is our...
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now we might not remember this because we probably didn't keep track of everything that paulson and bernanke and george bush did, but lehman falls on september 15, then what we have is on september 23 the chairman of the federal reserve and the secretary of treasury come into congress and they testify that they need $700 billion, they've got a 2 1/2-page bill, they don't know what they're going to do with the money, but if you don't give it to them then the world is going to end. now that makes you a little currentble if you're deciding what you're going to do with your investments. not only that, but the next day the president of the united states comes on national television and says the following, speak to the american people, just to get them, you know, calm down a little bit, he says, financial assets related to home mortgages have lost value during the housing decline and the banks holding these assets are are restricted credit. as a result our entire economy is in danger. so i propose that the federal government reduce the risk posed by these troubled assets and supply urgently needed
now we might not remember this because we probably didn't keep track of everything that paulson and bernanke and george bush did, but lehman falls on september 15, then what we have is on september 23 the chairman of the federal reserve and the secretary of treasury come into congress and they testify that they need $700 billion, they've got a 2 1/2-page bill, they don't know what they're going to do with the money, but if you don't give it to them then the world is going to end. now that makes...
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bernanke, and new york feds decided to give additional funds to aig. some of which we used to pay the counterparties to the contracts; right? >> yes, in november, in the t.a.r.p., we made a $40 billion capital investments, and then the fed put some additional money into which was used up for the contracts. >> just so we are clear, when we were giving credit here, the t.a.r.p., the $700 billion in t.a.r.p. was during your term as secretary of the treasury. >> implode of that, sir. >> that was your ideaing the t.a.r.p.? >> it was a number of ideas. it was something i'm proud of and it was necessary. >> and the $85 billion that was loined -- loaned to aig was not done through congress? >> no, that was a decision taken by the fed. >> what source did they use? >> they used their funds. >> and their funds, they emanate from where? >> from the u.s. government. >> where they fees from other banks, they come from your treasury, where? >> they come from fed obviously can print money. >> did they take money that they had from fees charged to number bank or print
bernanke, and new york feds decided to give additional funds to aig. some of which we used to pay the counterparties to the contracts; right? >> yes, in november, in the t.a.r.p., we made a $40 billion capital investments, and then the fed put some additional money into which was used up for the contracts. >> just so we are clear, when we were giving credit here, the t.a.r.p., the $700 billion in t.a.r.p. was during your term as secretary of the treasury. >> implode of that,...
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i expected, i knew when we went up there is a scene in the book talking bernanke and chris cox and said we will meet these authorities. the difficulty we had has warned said much better, the arteries in the financial system more for using up. so i knew with a certainty business would turn down. when you have companies it is uncertain if they can raise short-term funding, most cfo's will say boss, i'm not be able to handle the funding you like for the next 30 day said they start cutting back. but congress had not seen this yet. not in their districts. so i knew with a certainty it would get worse. i am not sure i knew it would be 10% unemployment but i knew it would be bad. minute if they didn't do something, and it collapsed, then the business is could not find themselves are paid for inventories and pay suppliers and let employees go and that would ripple through and we would have armageddon. so when the economy did turn down, we have a terrible situation as congress sought bids because they saw it as the american people but we said give us the use of 30's and if you don't, we will be
i expected, i knew when we went up there is a scene in the book talking bernanke and chris cox and said we will meet these authorities. the difficulty we had has warned said much better, the arteries in the financial system more for using up. so i knew with a certainty business would turn down. when you have companies it is uncertain if they can raise short-term funding, most cfo's will say boss, i'm not be able to handle the funding you like for the next 30 day said they start cutting back....
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sino ben bernanke and st. paul said are well known for this could you talk about that and any ideas on how that could be stopped through laws or voter action and? >> i am glad the reminded me. i see this happening. my friends do this to dress kind of like me when they work on capitol hill but two years later have a nice suits with french cuffs and offer to buy me lunch because they left their capitol hill job working for a congressman and a lobbying firm hired them because they know when somebody says the want to talk to you, the old boss colleague will take the call. that is the revolving door. barack obama reit literally said i will stop the revolving door. his white house chief of staff is from emmanuel it is almost up the right word because all he was werke ag bill clinton 1982 campaign he was getting paid by goldman sachs as a consultant at the same time for nondescript work. he may have been getting paid to work for bill clinton for all been no. then he leaves a couple years before clinton to work in a p
sino ben bernanke and st. paul said are well known for this could you talk about that and any ideas on how that could be stopped through laws or voter action and? >> i am glad the reminded me. i see this happening. my friends do this to dress kind of like me when they work on capitol hill but two years later have a nice suits with french cuffs and offer to buy me lunch because they left their capitol hill job working for a congressman and a lobbying firm hired them because they know when...
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that is followed by federal reserve chairman ben bernanke's testimony before the senate banking committee. >> i come from latin america. i am never expecting to find this kind of poverty. >> photographer and documentary filmmaker on a different side of the nation's capital in the shadow of power, sunday on c-span's q. and a. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano testified before a house in a about her agency's budget request for the next fiscal year. she answered questions about the consolidation of some of the department's programs and denied reports that the board of security staff has been cut. this is three hours. >> the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee's meeting today to receive testimony from secretary janet napolitano on the presidents fy2011 budget request for the department of homeland security. i want to thanks secretary napolitano for being flexible about testifying in support of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request for the department of homeland security after back-to-back blizzards forced us to postpone this hearing. on feb
that is followed by federal reserve chairman ben bernanke's testimony before the senate banking committee. >> i come from latin america. i am never expecting to find this kind of poverty. >> photographer and documentary filmmaker on a different side of the nation's capital in the shadow of power, sunday on c-span's q. and a. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano testified before a house in a about her agency's budget request for the next fiscal year. she answered...
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responsible for the position that the time including president bush and secretary paulson and chairman bernanke, our judgment was those pressures esau actor lehman postal woodfin judgmatically amplified it's aig failed than they would spread to parts of the system that would otherwise been unaffected including basic confidence in the insurance system. >> let me get to the point. why is it the derivatives business, lending at the insurance companies, the commercial paper, the aircraft leasing business or something else? >> it is in some ways, again it is hard to separate. what is systemic risk, a difficult thing to judge. >> we are all finding that out of here. >> but that is the reality of it. but again i think the simplest way to they this is look at what happened after lehman brothers and the broader collapse of many of our large institutions. the value of the american savings fell by 40%. you saw hundreds of thousands of businesses forced to close, millions of people lost work. basic confidence in the stability of our system was broken. the rivets for coming of the submarine and in that envi
responsible for the position that the time including president bush and secretary paulson and chairman bernanke, our judgment was those pressures esau actor lehman postal woodfin judgmatically amplified it's aig failed than they would spread to parts of the system that would otherwise been unaffected including basic confidence in the insurance system. >> let me get to the point. why is it the derivatives business, lending at the insurance companies, the commercial paper, the aircraft...